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Please take a gander at the new Event Calendar and leave your thoughts in this forum thread.

Your feedback is greatly appreciated!

Our 2006 mp3 compilation is now complete and available on archive.org at the following URL:

http://www.archive.org/details/SG101_2006_MP3_Compilation

I am really knocked out by this years compilation! I want to thank everyone who contributed. Great job everyone!! Special thanks go to ButchDelux who created the CD case front and back artwork!

Please spread the word about the above link, and please continue discussing this very special project in the forum thread.

I'm looking forward to next year's!

Hey Everybody!

Well, winter has certainly set in and the Pyronauts have retreated to their cave to begin hibernation. We will be making special appearances throughout the winter (Mammoth Mountain) as well as local gigs. Check the website frequently for more info on shows.

It's time to finish your Christmas gift shopping! Scratch everybody off your list with a copy of the new CD "SURF AND DESTROY"

Oh yeah, and Phil Dirt gave it 5 STARS.

But where can we buy it?

Online at CD Baby with special discount for more that one copy!

Download at iTunes

Download at RickShaw

Also for those of you looking for out of print Pyronauts CDs a very small stash of them can be found at DWM Music. Please note that these are very limited quantities and that you may never have another chance to purchase.

T-Shirts: our new T-shirts are available at shows, but are also available at Lake of the Pines Music.

As always if you'd like to order any of our merchandise through us, please contact us through email.

Surf's Up! Go buy some CDs people!

Thanks!

The Pyronauts
www.thepyronauts.com
www.myspace.com/thepyronauts

Submitted on behalf of Paul Johnson

SEASON'S GREETINGS, friends and guitar music fans! -

I've got TWO major new items to announce that just might add a little extra cheer to your holidays:

1) The brand new DVD, "IN CONCERT WITH THE DUO-TONES," is now OUT and available exclusively at PJMOTO.COM... AND...

2) After months of preparation, I have just today "gone live" at my website with our biggest-ever content UPGRADE there! LOTSA new stuff for you to see and hear...

I will tell you all about these below, after I remind you that our catalog of TEN CDs (+ one DVD now as well!) offers many great gift ideas for the music lovers on your list. We are READY AND EAGER to help you scratch some of those names OFF your list; so we hope you'll do some of your holiday shopping with us at PJMOTO.COM, where you can listen FREE to about 200 of my tunes (dating from the '60s to today...) and then conveniently order what you like online.

Okay, what the heck, while I'm in the old Yahoo Group looking around I'll post another tab from back then. This is "Midnight Run" by The Super Stocks. If you don't have the "Toes on the Nose" compilation CD, please run out and buy it right now.

I posted this to the Yahoo Group years ago. Hope someone finds it useful. Comments are welcome.

V/A - Seasonal Favorites: Volume One CD

Originally released back in 2000, this collection of yuletide tunes performed by surf n' garage bands from throughout the world sold out within a few months of it's original release. Now 6 years later the time is right to reissue it - with bonus tracks! We've added three tunes that we're sure you'll enjoy. It has cover art by Johnny Bartlett and 16 great tunes (14 instros/5 vocals). We hope to put together Volume Two next year (if you are in a band and want to be a part of next year's release please get in touch)!

Tracks:
1. Jon & The Nightriders - Sleigh Ride
2. The Boss Martians - It's Christmas Time
3. The Neptunas - Mistletoe Twist
4. Girl Trouble - Sigue Sigue X-mas
5. Death Valley - Carol of the Bells
6. Los Mel-Tones - Silent Night
7. The Aqualads - We Wish You A Merry Xmas
8. Frigg A Go Go - Santa Claus Go To The Ghetto
9. Del Noah & The Finks - Have Yourself A Merry Little Xmas
10. The Lunatics - Rocknuts
11. The Firebirds - Living Doll
12. The Heatscores - Scrooge
13. The Tacoma Four - Christmas Is A Drag
14. The Ebineezer Scrooge Appreciation Society - Hang On Rudolph
15. The Bonesharks - Little Drummer Boy
16. The Space Cossacks - Christmas Island

BONUS TRACKS

17. The Bitch Boys - Jingle Bells
18. Urban Surf Kings - We Three Kings
19. The Surfites - Santa Claus Goes Surfin'

I enjoyed this show a lot.
Surf Cinema honing their craft, with their entertaining barrage of classic Surf-tinged pop video.

Pollo Del Mar doing a select set of "Best Of".

The Whys succeeded in charming the audience with the same kind of "Joi de Surf" that the Surf Coasters brought in years past. The fronting females have the sex-appeal, Japanese charm and the randomly choreographed moves, but also have the talents. With a solid drummer, the band was both tight and raw-edged, which put them squarely in the class of capable garage Surf acts. I just can't get enough of female bass players who do glissandos!

I believe Dandy Don Vigeant did the venue-specific poster for The Blank show and KFJC did the co-sponsoring. See the remaining shows because you will come away smiling!

bIG wAvE Dave
Bass, The Aquamarines

Here's my attempt at this classic proto-surf tune thats been covered by a zillion bands.

As the mostly rhythm guitarist in Meshugga Beach Party, I find myself often switching from heavy muted drip on single notes to light reverb for standard rhthym guitar playing or heavy reverb on lead guitar. This led to the problem of how to switch between the 2 settings consistently and quickly. Here's the answer:

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I custom designed this A/B box and had it built by Anthony Gelona, a specialist in A/B boxes located in Egg Harbor City, NJ.

This was designed with my BF Pro Reverb in mind though it works fine with my Showman too. The A/B switches between a line to my outboard and a line directly into the amp. Both lines are then put in jacks 1 and 2 on my normal channel because my other channel is hot-rodded, though it would work just as well (if not better) split between the 2 channels.

The trick is to shut off the onboard reverb when the outboard is switched on. I accomplished this by tying the amp's reverb on/off switch to the same footswitch that activates the A/B.

When using my Showman with no built in reverb, I switch between my outboard and a reverb pedal.

I added a 'true bypass' loop and a separate switch for the onboard vibrato so as to consolidate my footswitching needs. The LED's really help too.

This thing is built like a tank and does exactly what I wanted. I go from playing chords on Hava Nagila to single note drip on Baja or lead on Misirlou with one press of the foot.